plans from october 1957 to january 1959 , and director general plans and policy from january to august 1959 . the latter assignment put him in charge of the raaf ' s directorate of intelligence . head ##lam was appointed a commander of the order of the british empire ( cbe ) in the 1958 queen ' s birthday honours , gazette ##d on 3 june . in may 1960 he became acting deputy chief of the air staff . on 30 january 1961 , head ##lam joined the staff of operational command ( op ##com ) , the successor organisation to home command , responsible for the direction of raaf operational units . he took over as air officer commanding ( ao ##c ) op ##com from
plans from october 1957 to january 1959, and director general plans and policy from january to august 1959. the latter assignment put him in charge of the raaf's directorate of intelligence. headlam was appointed a commander of the order of the british empire ( cbe ) in the 1958 queen's birthday honours, gazetted on 3 june. in may 1960 he became acting deputy chief of the air staff. on 30 january 1961, headlam joined the staff of operational command ( opcom ), the successor organisation to home command, responsible for the direction of raaf operational units. he took over as air officer commanding ( aoc ) opcom from